Late Friday night, Apple filed a motion with the Northern California District Court requesting an additional $707 million in damages on top of the more than $1 billion that it was originally awarded by a jury earlier this summer.

The motion asks for another $535 million for design infringement and "willful infringement" of Apple's utility patents, as well as $121 million that would compensate for Samsung's sales while the jury deliberated. Apple also asked for $50 million in "prejudgment interest on damages through December 31," according to Reuters. In Apple's motion, it also said that if the original damages award was reviewed at Samsung's request, it wanted an additional $155.8 million (not counted in the $707 million) for "five infringing products where the jury awarded less than the minimum amount calculated by Samsung's damages expert," reported ComputerWorld.

Samsung also filed a motion saying that the court had placed unprecedented constraints on time and evidence during the trial "for a patent case of this complexity and magnitude." Samsung then requested a new trial, without the limitations imposed by the first. Earlier this week, Samsung said it would add the iPhone 5 to its existing patent lawsuits in the US.

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People are still taking this too personally. It's all about two giant corporations bluffing each other with legal threats, licensing deals, business contracts, marketing maneuvers, etc. Remember that Apple still sends money to Samsung for parts, and Samsung's largest customer is Apple. Apple is raising their bids in the game, and Samsung will do the same somewhere else. When the dust settles there will be a lot of give and take and life will go on.

Maybe Judge Koh will allow successive retrials until, finally, each side is awarded only 30 seconds to present their case and the jury finally, mercifully, finds them both equally guilty and tells them to go home and stop fighting.

Since Samsung has more than covered their fines in market share, not sure why any of the Anti-Apple posters give a damn about the fine. It seems you can steal and get away with it, even if you are judged guiltily.

Because they didn't steal, and the Jury Foreman had an incentive to reach a conclusion favoring Apple that had nothing to do with the facts of the case? Because Apple's victory means higher prices and less competition, thus damaging the market? Because Apple gets to steal real, technical patents involving actual processes and technology, and Samsung gets a billion dollar plus fine because the things look somewhat alike from a distance if you're retarded?

Because they didn't steal, and the Jury Foreman had an incentive to reach a conclusion favoring Apple that had nothing to do with the facts of the case? Because Apple's victory means higher prices and less competition, thus damaging the market? Because Apple gets to steal real, technical patents involving actual processes and technology, and Samsung gets a billion dollar plus fine because the things look somewhat alike from a distance if you're retarded?

This case was handled so poorly by the judge. I think when the trial first started, she thought that the two sides could be compelled to settle, and then discovered once it got started that neither side ever had any intention to. By then, it was too late, the ball was rolling.

Then you have a jury foreman with a stake in the patent issue who apparently tossed the instructions out and told the fellow jurors they knew the answer.

This trial was a sham and has just emboldened Apple.

Here's to hoping that the appeals court doesn't suck and takes this seriously.

This is getting ridiculously ridiculous. I'm no fan of Samsung's mobile division (had the S3, thought it was cheap, uncomfortable shite) and a big fan of Apple's products in general, but this has got to stop!!

This case was handled so poorly by the judge. I think when the trial first started, she thought that the two sides could be compelled to settle, and then discovered once it got started that neither side ever had any intention to. By then, it was too late, the ball was rolling.

Then you have a jury foreman with a stake in the patent issue who apparently tossed the instructions out and told the fellow jurors they knew the answer.

This trial was a sham and has just emboldened Apple.

Here's to hoping that the appeals court doesn't suck and takes this seriously.

If I remember right, he even said his mind was completely made up on Day 1 about guilt. He decided only during Apples opening and would end up meaning he both didn't listen and didn't care about Samsung's defence and so never tried to give a fair trial.

And as for the trial, I think it was too short and that didn't help Samsung's lawyers because as it was shown in the media Samsung had touch screen phones that look similar to the iPhone a year before the iPhone. And so did many others, the entire industry was already moving towards touch screen phones but in the end Samsung wasn't able to show this and that allowed the Judge to accidentally allow Apple to re-write history and let them claim Apple was first and the industry trailed after them. There were many things that should have been able to be shown by both sides that just wasn't allowed to during the trial to make it a serious trial.

Because they didn't steal, and the Jury Foreman had an incentive to reach a conclusion favoring Apple that had nothing to do with the facts of the case? Because Apple's victory means higher prices and less competition, thus damaging the market? Because Apple gets to steal real, technical patents involving actual processes and technology, and Samsung gets a billion dollar plus fine because the things look somewhat alike from a distance if you're retarded?

Samsung creates nothing on their own. The have a long, long history of copying and imitating their competitors, and the trial revealed mountains of email evidence to suggest they exactly that to Apple. They also have a long history of producing truly terrible software, and the trial exposed that incompetence as well.

Anyone with two eyes and a brain can see how Samsung competes with companies like Apple, RIM, and Nokia in the market. Copy, imitate, confuse, and repeat. And they were repeatedly warned by Google to stop it.

They why they lost the trial so severely, because when you look at the evidence Samsung only looks like a bunch of incompetent bozos. They will lose every jury trial, and they obviously don't give a damn about how those losses will affect other Android manufacturers.

Only the clueless would defend Samsung, and if you're a Android fan you really should think about how Samsung's despicable actions affect the other Android manufacturers because they're the ones who are really suffering under Samsung's dirty tricks. Meanwhile, a one billion dollar penalty to Samsung is barely two weeks of profit.

Samsung creates nothing on their own. The have a long, long history of copying and imitating their competitors, and the trial revealed mountains of email evidence to suggest they exactly that to Apple. They also have a long history of producing truly terrible software, and the trial exposed that incompetence as well.

People are still taking this too personally. It's all about two giant corporations bluffing each other with legal threats, licensing deals, business contracts, marketing maneuvers, etc. Remember that Apple still sends money to Samsung for parts, and Samsung's largest customer is Apple. Apple is raising their bids in the game, and Samsung will do the same somewhere else. When the dust settles there will be a lot of give and take and life will go on.

Anyone with two eyes and a brain can see how Samsung competes with companies like Apple, RIM, and Nokia in the market. Copy, imitate, confuse, and repeat. And they were repeatedly warned by Google to stop it.

Oh crap, I have only 1 eye, I guess that is why I see it completely differently.

Anyone with two eyes and a brain can see how Samsung competes with companies like Apple, RIM, and Nokia in the market. Copy, imitate, confuse, and repeat. And they were repeatedly warned by Google to stop it.

Oh crap, I have only 1 eye, I guess that is why I see it completely differently.

This case was handled so poorly by the judge. I think when the trial first started, she thought that the two sides could be compelled to settle, and then discovered once it got started that neither side ever had any intention to. By then, it was too late, the ball was rolling.

Then you have a jury foreman with a stake in the patent issue who apparently tossed the instructions out and told the fellow jurors they knew the answer.

This trial was a sham and has just emboldened Apple.

Here's to hoping that the appeals court doesn't suck and takes this seriously.

If I remember right, he even said his mind was completely made up on Day 1 about guilt. He decided only during Apples opening and would end up meaning he both didn't listen and didn't care about Samsung's defence and so never tried to give a fair trial.

And as for the trial, I think it was too short and that didn't help Samsung's lawyers because as it was shown in the media Samsung had touch screen phones that look similar to the iPhone a year before the iPhone. And so did many others, the entire industry was already moving towards touch screen phones but in the end Samsung wasn't able to show this and that allowed the Judge to accidentally allow Apple to re-write history and let them claim Apple was first and the industry trailed after them. There were many things that should have been able to be shown by both sides that just wasn't allowed to during the trial to make it a serious trial.

This is what happens when we allow copyright judges to be members of pro-copyright lobby's. Any judge with relationship at all with a pro OR anti-copyright group, should step down due to conflict of interest.

Samsung creates nothing on their own. The have a long, long history of copying and imitating their competitors, and the trial revealed mountains of email evidence to suggest they exactly that to Apple. They also have a long history of producing truly terrible software, and the trial exposed that incompetence as well.

You realize Samsung make things like ships, construction equipment, industrial chemicals, gas and oil mining equipment, biomedical research and medications, are a major defense contractor and is one of the largest companies in South Korea, right?

Since Samsung has more than covered their fines in market share, not sure why any of the Anti-Apple posters give a damn about the fine. It seems you can steal and get away with it, even if you are judged guiltily.

Do you really think people walk into a store looking for an iPad and accidentally buy something from Samsung?

Apple made almost $9 billion in PROFIT last quarter. Even if Samsung has had some tiny impact on the Apple cash machine, it's probably a good thing for consumers.

I am so glad Apple is striking the iron while it's hot. Glad to see the copycat company bleed.

Where did Apple gets its design aesthetics from? Oh yeah, they STOLE them from Sony. The polished metal look? STOLEN from Black and Decker. Their clock face? STOLEN from the Swiss. Just wait till Apple's market share begins to drop. They will never compete with Google Maps, never. They are already almost a decade behind in both the apps, and on the patents that protect those apps. StreetView will never come to iOS without Google. Your Samsung victory, is going to cost Apple, and therefore YOU, alot more than you think. Moto is going to bleed Apple for much more than Apple will ever get from Samsung.

Anyone with two eyes and a brain can see how Samsung competes with companies like Apple, RIM, and Nokia in the market. Copy, imitate, confuse, and repeat. And they were repeatedly warned by Google to stop it.

Oh crap, I have only 1 eye, I guess that is why I see it completely differently.

People are still taking this too personally. It's all about two giant corporations bluffing each other with legal threats, licensing deals, business contracts, marketing maneuvers, etc. Remember that Apple still sends money to Samsung for parts, and Samsung's largest customer is Apple. Apple is raising their bids in the game, and Samsung will do the same somewhere else. When the dust settles there will be a lot of give and take and life will go on.

I wish I could agree with you, but I don't. The tragedy here is the pointless distortion and complication of the legal system that should be a fair and properly structured background to businesses and individuals. Lawyers seem to find ways of bring more and more of society under their control (by effectively saying that you can't move an inch without violating a precedent or a principle, and to know whether you're doing that, you'd better talk to/pay a lawyer first).

Really, Apple's request isn't entirely unreasonable. By law, since Samsung's infringement was found to be willful, they're entitled to up to 200% in "bonus" damages, to be determined by the judge. Basically, they're only asking for a quarter of that, plus some interest.

Something I haven't seen posted here is news about the German lawsuit. Germany just ruled in Samsung's favor this past week. The touch screen technology in Samsung and Motorola's devices was found NOT to infringe on Apple patents.

In response, Apple is reducing is purchase of LCD screens from Samsung. While this is a pain for Samsung, its absolutely a wrong move for Apple. Samsung makes some of the best displays in the world. I don't know if LG can equal them in the long run. Samsung also invents a lot of display technology. Going forward, Apple can not say that they have the best displays in the market. Why they did this is just plain butt hurt. But they better get over it if they want to stay at the top of the market. It would be a real problem for Apple is Samsung comes out with the next cool display tech and they only sell it to Android OEMs.

Really, Apple's request isn't entirely unreasonable. By law, since Samsung's infringement was found to be willful, they're entitled to up to 200% in "bonus" damages, to be determined by the judge. Basically, they're only asking for a quarter of that, plus some interest.

As far as I know, the jury already awarded damages beyond the value of the infringement. (this is according to the statements made by the jury) Therefore Apple isn't entitled to any more money. Now they are free to dispute the findings of the jury and ask for a new trial, but they probably won't.

Please explain how this benefits society? Does it encourage innovation or stifle it?

The editor's pick (and hence, the editor's view) ignores any impact to society. I've said this before, it's not Apple vs Samsung, it's Apple vs society. It also validates software patents which are very harmful to society. All they will do is concentrate even more power in the hands of a few.

I personally wouldn't care if this case were Microsoft vs apple, Microsoft vs Samsung or IBM vs Microsoft. It's the principle and the consequence that counts.